Noah had his Christmas program at school this week. As he is my son, and has a loud mouth, Noah was the designated song leader for the 3 year old class. Unfortunately for his teachers, Noah woke up on the wrong side of the bed that morning. But the joy of the Christmas music prevailed, and he did a great job. We couldn’t be more proud of our little songbird.
Our friends Rebecca and Allen came to town last weekend, and we had a great time visiting. We haven’t seen them in awhile, so it was nice catching up. The kids had fun too.
Kaiden enjoyed the strawberries dipped in chocolate. Gotta love fondue.
Abby and Katie really liked Gabriel and his bouncy seat. I’m not sure if they liked Gabriel or his seat more. Abby couldn’t wait for him to get out of the seat so she could give her baby a turn. The girls were very cute and will be great babysitters before we know it.
Well, the big guy himself called us tonight, and boy did Noah have a lot to say. Santa couldn’t get a word in edgewise. Sorry I couldn’t figure out a good place to cut it off, but it was just too cute. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Merry Christmas from the Graf Family!
I hope you enjoy the show. I’m sure you all know that this is as close to Disco dancing as we’ll ever see Chris.
Happy Holidays!
Noah and Gabriel got to meet their cousin, Cooper, for the first time the other night. Cooper is 7 months old. Gabriel and Cooper seemed to hit it off (as well as infants can).
Noah is quite the photographer. He loves taking pictures and actually does a pretty good job (most of the time.)
After we got our tree decorated we snapped a few pictures of the boys. Notice the Thomas the Train ornament front and center. At Ma and Cowboy’s house there is a train under the tree to play with. It’s lots of fun, and lots of noise.
Granny came down and will be here for Christmas. She helped out the other day with making stockings, doing the dishes, and lots of babysitting. Gabriel and Noah are so lucky to have a Granny Pearl.
Daddy and Noah had a “camp out” in our backyard last night. Gabriel and Mama stayed in the house. We put up the tent and put every blanket we own inside it. Daddy and Noah had nice, soft, warm beds. Noah wore two pairs of pajamas, two pairs of socks, and a robe. Mama even sent the space heater outside with the boys, but they didn’t need it. Of course, the one night my family is camped out in the back yard we get rain. Isn’t that how it goes? No rain for months, but sleep outside and you’ll get rain. So now, I’ve got lots of laundry to do. Like I said, every blanket we own was in that tent. Did I mention that our tent is not 100% waterproof? But Daddy said it held up better this time than it did the last time we went camping. We took Noah camping 1 1/2 years ago and a storm came through that night too. It was a big storm with thunder and lightening and rain dripping right through our roof. So anyway, the guys made it all the way through the night, so it must not have been too bad.
Doesn’t that bed look soft?
Doesn’t Daddy look warm?
Noah wanted t make silly faces for the pictures.
Wednesday was such a nice day that we decided to have a picnic in the park with the Schneider’s. We had a great time. Noah and Kaiden played at the park for a long time. Apparently, we weren’t the only people who thought it was a nice day. There were tons of moms there with little boys. It was shocking how few girls were there out of all the children. And of course, lots of the boys had sticks to play with. We weren’t so sure that was a good idea. After play time we had our picnic. Yum yum.
Gabriel enjoyed his time at the park swinging. As you can see, we provided him with his own personal swing. He stayed awake the whole time and just enjoyed looking at the clouds, trees, sky, birds, and whatever else he could see.
